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The following tutorial will assist you with connecting to your account via FTP<\/a> using the Internet Explorer browser (versions 7 and 8). This is an easy way to use FTP with your web hosting account, and will work on all shared hosting<\/a> \/ Virtual Private Servers<\/a> \/ and dedicated servers<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Setting up FTP in Internet Explorer 7\/8<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
    \n
  1. Open Internet Explorer<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. In the address bar, type the following and then hit enter:
    ftp:\/\/userna5:password@example.com
    \n\n\n\n\n\n
    userna5<\/b><\/td>\nreplace this with your cPanel username<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    password<\/b><\/td>\nreplace this with your cPanel password<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    example.com <\/b><\/td>\nreplace this with your actual domain name<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
    \"ie8_ftp_1\"<\/a><\/figure>

    <\/p>\n

    \u00a0<\/div>\n

    \u00a0<\/p>\n

    When you have connected successfully, you will see a page similar to the following:
    \"ie8_ftp_2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

    \u00a0<\/div>\n

    \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n

  3. Click, \u201cPage<\/strong>\u201d and then click, \u201cOpen FTP Site in Windows Explorer<\/strong>\u201c
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    \u00a0<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. You will receive a generic, \u201cFTP Folder Error<\/strong>\u201c. Click OK<\/strong> to continue.
    \"ie8_ftp_4\"<\/a>\n
    \u00a0<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Click, \u201cFile<\/strong>\u201c, \u201cLogin As\u2026<\/strong>\u201c
    \"ie8_ftp_5\"<\/a>\n
    \u00a0<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Enter your cPanel username as the, \u201cUser name<\/strong>\u201c, and enter your cPanel password as the, \u201cPassword<\/strong>\u201c. Click, \u201cLog On<\/strong>\u201c
    \"ie8_ftp_6\"<\/a>\n
    \u00a0<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    You are now connected to your account via FTP! To upload files, you can either copy\/paste them into the ftp window, or you can drag and drop them from your desktop to the ftp window.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The following tutorial will assist you with connecting to your account via FTP using the Internet Explorer browser (versions 7 and 8). This is an easy way to use FTP with your web hosting account, and will work on all shared hosting \/ Virtual Private Servers \/ and dedicated servers. 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